Nando's UK & IRE

From unexpected flavour combinations to spooky goings-on at the drinks machine, we've been encouraging fans to enter their weird era this Halloween 👻 Some of our restaurants got taken over too. We hosted a movie night in our Dublin St Andrew's Street restaurant, and threw a massive party at our Manchester Printworks restaurant. Shout out to our amazing Nandocas that embraced the spooky spirit and helped make it all happen. #NandosLife

We’re as passionate about our people as we are about our food, as we believe it's the people that make the chicken. As such, we have several programmes for our people to join to help them with their career aspirations. Jonny from our Richmond restaurant started his Level 2 apprenticeship with us last year, and will complete it in early 2025. He started studying physics at university, but this wasn’t for him, so left the course after a year. He became a Manager of a coffee shop and found his passion for hospitality – “it’s the buzz and fast pace, it’s great!” “I love cooking, I’m a big foodie. I was looking for a job as a chef, but as I didn’t have any experience, I wasn’t having much luck. I knew of Nando’s and found out about their apprenticeship programmes. It’s a great opportunity – I knew that I’d learn the cooking skills I wanted, whilst earning a living. Other employers would make me start as a pot wash, but this apprenticeship has meant I’ve been able to get ahead. It didn’t matter that I didn’t have any previous experience – I now have it! My next goal is to become a Manager and then see where my career takes me – as long as it’s in food, then I’ve got an open mind!” Find out more about our apprenticeships here >> https://lnkd.in/eZWrnDCJ #NandosLife

Our new menu just dropped and it includes a brand-new guest spice on our PERi-ometer, Nando’s x Fanta (limited time only). Nando's and Fanta Orange Zero Sugar have long gone hand in hand, with flavour fans across UK & IRE making the most of our bottomless drinks offering to complement their PERi-PERi, or to cool-off after an Extra Hot meal. It was time to take this collab one step further... #NandosLife

Nando’s Indaba - a gathering of leaders and what we call our annual work conference. It’s all about connection, fun, reflection, coming together as a family and creating unforgettable memories in a way that only Nando’s can. This year we went to Lisbon for our Indaba, returning to the country which gave us so much inspiration and influence to reconnect with our purpose, and came back fired-up and burning even brighter than before 🔥 Have a watch here to see and hear how our leaders experienced Indaba this year 👇 #NandosLife

Who better to tell us about how to make our restaurants better places to be in and work in, than the people that work in them every day? Once a year, we invite our Nandocas (Team Members) to our regional Nandoca Forums. They’re listening forums where a representative from each restaurant can connect with each other and to speak to senior management and Central Support teams to share the thoughts, feelings and ideas on behalf of their team about their restaurant, Nando’s in general and what they think could be better. It’s also an opportunity for them to hear about what exciting things are happening in Nando’s for them to take back to their teams to get them fired-up for the future. Kaiten from our Enfield Retail Park restaurant let us know about the forum he attended: "In the Forum, we heard about what’s happening in the Nando’s world and learnt about the different programmes for career progression, which I can share with my team. We also had the time and opportunity to speak to our Area Manager directly about what we’d like to change or improve about our restaurants or Nando’s overall, which is then shared with other senior managers. "By attending and representing the Enfield Retail Park restaurant, I felt very proud and honoured. Everyone from my restaurant cheered me on which was heart warming and sentimental to me as I felt the value that I bring to our team. Now when I enter work, I always come in with a smile on my face.” #NandosLife

We know Nando’s is full of people who are smashing it in and out of work. One of which is Jack, 23, who is an Assistant Manager in our Cardiff Capital Retail Park restaurant. Jack’s been with us for just over two years and is a big fan of slow mornings and PERi-Tamer wings. He told us more about his Nando’s journey:   “Whilst I was at my first Nando’s in Talbot Green, I helped open Swansea Morfa as part of the Buddy Trainer team. A few months later, I was invited to help open Cardiff Capital Retail Park and even stay permanently as part of the management team. From there, I began my internal progression project and 12 weeks later, I passed and became an Assistant Manager!  “A typical day for me, after a slow and leisurely wake up, I attack the day – and usually some PERi-Tamer wings, Spicy Rice and Broccoli. When I’m not on the restaurant floor flexing my management skills, you can find me on days out at the beach or at home cooking.   “My favourite work memory has to be the day I passed my internal progression project to become a Manager – I was over the moon. The reactions I got to me passing (and celebrating my achievement) will probably always be my favourite Nando's memory.”  #NandosLife

Welcome to the newest restaurant in our portfolio, Nando’s Garston 😍 Displaying the finest arts in all of Herts, the restaurant has beautiful original Southern African art lining its walls to gaze at while sipping a Coke Zero or a cool pint of Sagres or a refreshing frozen cocktail, which are available at the new restaurant. Amit, the Patrao (General Manager) of the restaurant started with us as an Assistant Manager over 5 years ago. He led teams in some of our restaurants in London and Hertfordshire, and now leads a team of over 30 fired-up Nandocas, serving up the finest PERi-PERi in the whole of Watford (excluding our other two Watford restaurants obvs). The Garston team are supporting the Dream Earth Project as their local community partner, who focus on sustainable solutions for food surplus generated by local businesses. They’re donating food to them as part of our ‘No Chuckin’ Our Chicken’ programme. Find out more about the restaurant here >> https://lnkd.in/eKcuTKhG #NandosLife

RED FLAGGED is an organisation that aims to create a community for those that believe in the empowerment of Queer and East + Southeast Asian voices. We helped them create a space for connection and conversation with a feast full of our finest food and drink, before they went to Black Pride (the world's largest free pride event for LGBTQIA+ Black and POC). Some of their friends and family guests included some of the most influential Asian creatives in London such as A Sai Ta (Founder & Creative Director of fashion brand 'Asai Takeaway'), Sinon Loresca (viral TikTok star with over 3M+ followers), Jason Kwan (musician and key member of cabaret collective 'Bitten Peach') and many more. Learn more about RED FLAGGED here >> https://lnkd.in/emPR_piP #NandosLife

Once every year across the UK & Ireland, our Nandocas invite their friends and families to the park for our Family Day. Family Day is not only a great way to celebrate one of our core values of ‘Family’, it also helps to create memorable experiences for our Nandocas and their loved ones by coming together, playing games, eating food (can’t have a Nando’s event without some PERi-PERi, right?) and seeing Zulu dancers who joined us this year. Have a look at how our Central Support Family Day went down here 👇

No Chuckin' Our Chicken now includes grocery products. From our PERi-PERi rubs and Flavour Shakers, to our Bag & Bakes, Marinades and Sauces, our surplus grocery items are being redistributed through our network of charities and community organisations, adding PERi-PERi flavour wherever they go! The first batch went to City Harvest. “We’re so grateful for the support that Nando’s provides City Harvest on a daily basis. We feed over 120,000 people a week and whilst the chicken has always been such a fantastic product to be able to give to our recipients for its quality and high protein content, the addition of receiving sauces, rubs and marinades means we can provide our community kitchens with an opportunity to create, cook and enjoy delicious, nutritious recipes” - Mary Parsons, Head of Food at City Harvest London #NandosLife